Recreation
OUT AND ABOUT: Contemplating Northeastern Oregon’s unimaginably icy past
Ice is a temporary visitor to the mountains of Northeastern Oregon rather than a permanent resident, but it ...
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Landowner hunting tags poised to become permanent
SALEM — More than four decades since it was started, a program that prioritizes Oregon landowners for hunting ...
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Out and About: Making the yearly April hike to a snowy meadow in the Elkhorns
Spring fools me every year.
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Out and About: Savoring the solitude on Wheeler County’s Sutton Mountain
I was so fixated on the grand sprawl that is Wheeler County, so focused on its tens of ...
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Oregon estimated wolf population up 15% in 2024
SALEM — Oregon’s estimated wolf population grew by about 15% in 2024, rising from 178 to 204 animals, ...
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Out and About: The great swindle of spring snowshoeing
TOLLGATE — Spring snowshoeing is cheating. This is no terrible transgression, to be sure. Nothing that would lead to a ...
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ODFW proposing to change boundaries of mule deer hunts starting in 2026; no changes in 2025
The 56,000 or so people who hunt mule deer east of the Cascades each year, whether they carry ...
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Trout stocking underway in Northeastern Oregon
LA GRANDE — Trout stocking is underway across Northeastern Oregon, as the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife ...
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Stellar snowmobile season wrapping up in Northeastern Oregon
The snowmobile season is waning but a lack of snow isn’t the reason. After one of the snowier winters ...
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Out and About: Stumbling across a miniature slot canyon
Slot canyons are dangerous except when they’re scarcely deep enough to hide a mouse.